The UK's downturn is a warning for Europe

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Post by cirrus-clouds » Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 8:29 PM UTC

The UK's downturn is a warning for Europe
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Re: The UK's downturn is a warning for Europe

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Post by blibble » Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 8:40 PM UTC

poster seems to have... an attachment to posting UK political stories of a particular slant

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=cirrus-clouds

Re: The UK's downturn is a warning for Europe

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Post by jacquesm » Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 8:45 PM UTC

blibble wrote: post #2

poster seems to have... an attachment to posting UK political stories of a particular slant https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=cirrus-clouds

thanks.

Re: The UK's downturn is a warning for Europe

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Post by alephnerd » Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 8:47 PM UTC

blibble wrote: post #2

poster seems to have... an attachment to posting UK political stories of a particular slant https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=cirrus-clouds

seems like an uptick since 2020. might be part of the larger angst people have been feeling about society during the pandemic (a trend which I personally feel has degraded the experience on here)

Re: The UK's downturn is a warning for Europe

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Post by xor99 » Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 8:48 PM UTC

blibble wrote: post #2

poster seems to have... an attachment to posting UK political stories of a particular slant https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=cirrus-clouds

Seems like they are annoyed that the Conservatives can't meet the minimun standard requirements for governing a country. Seems accurate on many levels.

Re: The UK's downturn is a warning for Europe

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Post by draw_down » Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 8:52 PM UTC

blibble wrote: post #2

poster seems to have... an attachment to posting UK political stories of a particular slant https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=cirrus-clouds

No post body was provided.

Re: The UK's downturn is a warning for Europe

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Post by wil421 » Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 8:53 PM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #3

blibble wrote: post #2

poster seems to have... an attachment to posting UK political stories of a particular slant https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=cirrus-clouds

thanks.

At first glance I thought you were the person who submitted the article and thanking OP for noticing your UK slant.

Re: The UK's downturn is a warning for Europe

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Post by AreYouSirius » Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 8:57 PM UTC

UK voted to leave EU, defacto they voted to become enclave of USA.

American influence from Trumps Steve Bannons Cambridge analytica THRU american corporation Facebook led to brexit.

so it is what some americans wanted, so now they have it, so go complain to these people britain.

Re: The UK's downturn is a warning for Europe

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Post by blibble » Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 8:59 PM UTC

xor99 wrote: post #5

blibble wrote: post #2

poster seems to have... an attachment to posting UK political stories of a particular slant https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=cirrus-clouds

Seems like they are annoyed that the Conservatives can't meet the minimun standard requirements for governing a country. Seems accurate on many levels.

from the guidelines at the bottom of the page:

> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics

a more on-topic place consisting almost entirely of doom-and-gloom stories about the UK would be /r/unitedkingdom

Re: The UK's downturn is a warning for Europe

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 9:04 PM UTC

AreYouSirius wrote: post #8

UK voted to leave EU, defacto they voted to become enclave of USA. American influence from Trumps Steve Bannons Cambridge analytica THRU american corporation Facebook led to brexit. so it is what some americans wanted, so now they have it, so go complain to these people britain.

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